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The television food world is sizzling with the news that award-winning Canadian actress Lisa Ray is joining Top Chef Canada.

Food Network Canada and Insight Productions recently announced that Ray, also a model, host and philanthropist, whose work in films Water and Bollywood Hollywood rocked the critics, will host the second season of Top Chef Canada. The first season of the Canadian adaptation of the international smash hit premiered in April 2011 to unprecedented audience numbers making it the top-rated series in Food Network Canada’s history.

Top Chef Canada Season 2 — which sees Canada’s top culinary talent facing off for the chance to win $100,000 and the coveted title of Canada’s Top Chef — premieres March 12, 2012, on Food Network Canada. Ray replaces Season One’s host Thea Andrews, who recently celebrated the birth of her second child.

“We are thrilled to welcome Lisa Ray on board as the host of Top Chef Canada. As the channel’s top-rated series, we expect to see some tough competition between the chefs in Season 2 and Lisa Ray is the perfect host to lead the charge,” says Barb Williams, Senior Vice President of Content, Shaw Media.

“I am a big fan of the Top Chef series and thrilled to help spotlight some of the amazing culinary talent right here in my hometown,” said Ray, a well-known figure in India and abroad. “I’m looking forward to a challenging yet delicious season.”